Wall construction for buildings.



, JFBLAHA. WALL CONSTRUCTION FOR BUILDINGS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I9, 1915.

1,176,21 5. Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

I I I V I a i" IQ H 1E9 earns J'OSEF BLAI-IA, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

CLEVELAND, 01110] WALL CONSTRUCTION FOR BUILDINGS.-

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

Application filed April 19, 1915. Serial Iva-22,316.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnr BLAHA, a c tizen of the United States of America, residing at Cleveland. in the county of Cuyahoga and Wall-construction for buildings, and pertains more especially to an improved footing for an outer wall of a building.

The primary object of this invention is to provide said footing at the outer side of said wall with a water-conducting passageway which is formed in and extends longitddinally' of theupper portion of the footing and has its bottom sloping downwardly in the direction of the discharging end of said passageway, and to provide said footing at the outerside of said passageway with a seat extending longitudinally of the passageway and sloping downwardly in the aforesaid direction and affording support to a cover for said passageway.

Another object Is to form said footing of special blocks of concrete or artificial stone,

and to have each block provided in its outer side portion with a recessextending endwise of the upper portion. of the block and adapted to forin a portion of the aforesaid water-conducting passageway, and to have said block provided at the outer side of said recess with an upwardly facing shoulder which extends longitudinally of said recess and forms a portion of the hereinbefore mentioned seat for the aforesaid cover.

With these objects in view, and to the end of attaining any other advantage hereinafter appearing, this invention consists in the im proved footing hereinafter described, and in the hereinbefore mentioned special blocli adapted to form a portion of said footing.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is ,an outer side view of a portion of an outer wall of a building, and portions are broken away and in section in this figure to more clearly show the construction. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2-2, Fig. 1.

- Fig. 3 is a top ,plan of a special concrete block employed in forming the footing of said wall. Fig. 4 is an outer side view of Said block. Fig. 5 is a right-hand-endelevm tion relative to Fig. 4.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of saiddrawings, A indicates an outer wall of a build-- ing; a represents concrete blocks forming the footing of said wall,-and B indicates the earth on which said footing rests. I The blocks a are arranged longitudinallyof the footing and in line endwise, and each block is provided in its outer side portion andat the outer side of the wall with a recess 10.

arranged at the top and extending endwise of the upper portion of the block and adapted to form a portion of a water-conducting passageway with which the footing is provided at the outer side of the wall.

block with a drain-pipe D. Each block isprovided at the outer side of its recess 10.

with a shoulder 13 which extends longitudinally and from end to end'of said recess, and said shoulder and the bottom of said 7 recess slope downwardlycorrespondingly in the direction of the discharging end of the passageway of which said recess forms a portion. o

My improved footing-block is shown dc tached in Figs. 3, 4, and 5. It will be observed that my improved footing-block forms a portion of the footing of the wall illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, that said footing is provided at the outer: side of the wall with a water-conducting passageway which is formed in and extends longitu'dinally of the upper portionof the footmg and is formed by the recesses 10 in the. blocks composing said footing, thatsaid footing is provided at theouter side of said passageway with a seat extending longitudinally of the passageway and formed-by the shoulders 13 of said blocks, and that said seat and the bottom of said passageway slope downwardly correspondingly in the direction of the discharging end of the passage-' way. A cover is provided for said passage- .way and is preferably composed of slabs E of concrete or artificial stone, which slabs The recess 10 in each block, except in the end' ,block shown, extends endwise through the extend across and longitudinally of said passageway as shown inFigs. 1 and 2. The

slabs E are seated on the seat formed by the;

shoulders .13 of the footing-blocks and extend from said seat to and just lean against theinneiypbrtions Of the. footing--h10'Gigs,- as.-

y rcuy at'the. upper3dgesjof- 'said slabs into the outer side: of tlie wall atfifpoint above; the footing; of the Wall-,ahd said side of said Wall and the inner side Wa'lhoflthe aforesaid passagewlfiireflush Where? the v first-mew tioiiea Wall; extends ItpWardlybfiom 52111 11 pr0v'i'de'd at-the enter sidefof the xmlim Hi f0 0ting,- as shown in Ei'g',y 2; and =0 bx i0u'sj1yI"v any wat'eriumiing ddw n 'sziid side-:idfsaid .ioi med in and-exteiids longitudinally of the first mentioned Wall from above thefcoveri: iippei' JPOXtiOTlHOf the footing, said feoti. slabs E and between said slabs and lsaid side; being provided atthe'outer side of said p: of saidffirst wal'l is} i'eeived ja nd.conducted" sfi'geway withv seat extending long-it off by said passageway and lcdnsequehtly pn'zillyb f the-passageway, and a cover for thei'e'is little liabi'h jof' lfiylofth'e ivater receited by said. jasstlgeway escapi in; .\-'a'rdly Q ac1;'0ss'* theft0ps of the I footing-blocks to the inner side df lie Wit-11" Not-1min?" permit-t alsc' is theleaniiigef-the-eovpferimthebutef'side. of saidwall and the in'neiside ing slajbs ag'ziin'stthe oi'iiter' 'side ef the WaHA fwa ll of the aforesaidpassageway being flush at 'a .p'eint sp'zicedi -upwardly' from; the tops'of which are seated'on the afoi esaid. sent :ilnd -eu1 ved outwardly JnI ClfOSS-SQCUOn and lean against thewall at a point abovethetont ng,

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